Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 52

They Called Him Sir

Remembering Mack Rice!

“If you're walking 'round think'n that the world owes you something 'cause you're here
You goin' out the world backwards like you did when you first come here”

#mackrice #eddiefloyd #WilsonPickett #thestaplesingers #shrek

https://tedtockscovers.wordpress.com/2026/06/27/they-called-him-sir-giving-mack-rice-the-respect-he-deserves-musicislife-tedtockscovers-mackrice/

They Called Him Sir – Giving Mack Rice the Respect He Deserves. #MusicisLife #TedTocksCovers #MackRice

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Knock On Wood

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On 25 June 1937: #EddieFloyd, American R&B singer-songwriter (The Falcons, 1957-63; solo - "Knock on Wood", "Raise Your Hand"), born in Montgomery, Alabama.
#HappyBirthday #89 ⊹₊⋆🎂💐🎉₊°⊹
Knock On Wood

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Knock On Wood

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Knock On Wood

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Looking Back Review by Bruce Eder

These sides didn't sell at all, but they do show that Floyd had everything that he needed, in terms of style and voice, for stardom as early as 1962, when they were cut. The numbers bridge the gap between doo wop-type R&B and his subsequent, more soulful and mature sound at Stax, with some killer tracks, Floyd's own "Bye Bye Baby," "Never Get Enough of Your Love," and "I'll Never Find Another Girl Like You," plus one cool shouter, "The Whip"; his singing and the emotions he calls up are nearly enough to bring the listener's heart to their throat. Much of what is here is a little too busy, having been cut too close to the doo wop era, but the ingredients for success are all here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlXZ8-2e23k&list=RDUlXZ8-2e23k&start_radio=1

#EddieFloyd #SoulMusic #Music #DooWop

Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood

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RIP Colonel Steve Cropper 🎸

'66, whatta year

* Booker T. & The MG's - Silver Bells (on the In the Christmas Spirit album, 1966) : https://soundcloud.com/bookertthemgs/booker-t-the-mgs-silver-bells

* Eddie Floyd - Knock On Wood : https://soundcloud.com/eddie-floyd/01-knock-on-wood

* Wilson Pickett - In the Midnight Hour (on The Exciting Wilson Pickett album) : https://soundcloud.com/wilsonpickett/wilson-pickett-in-the-midnight

#SteveCropper #BookerTAndTheMGs #EddieFloyd #WilsonPickett #Soul #Instrumental #Stax #ChristmasSongs

Silver Bells

Listen to Silver Bells by Booker T. & The MG's #np on #SoundCloud

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